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Carolina Marin pulls out of All England Championships | Badminton News – Times of India

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HYDERABAD: Olympic champion Carolina Marin pulled out of the All England Championships scheduled to begin on Wednesday in Birmingham.
The Spaniard spoke on Sunday and said that she decided to withdraw from the event due to injury.
“Unfortunately I won’t be able to play next week at the All England because of the injury I suffered during the Swiss Open. I’ll be back soon!,” Marin said.

Marin was given the top seeding at this prestigious championship. “Me and my team thought that it would be better to take care of the injury that I suffered during the Swiss Open,” she said. Marin thrashed PV Sindhu in the final last Sunday.
The All England not being a part of the Olympic qualification is also one of the reasons, why Marin did not want to risk the injury. “Since the All England is not part of the Olympic qualification I want to recover fully from the injury,” Marin said.
With Marin withdrawing from the event Sindhu has a good chance of winning her first All England title. Sindhu is expected to meet Marin in the semifinals. Now, if Sindhu gets past Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the quarterfinals, she can easily reach the final where she may face either Ratchanok Intanon, Saina Nehwal or Nozomi Okhura.
Even world No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei is not participating in the All England Championships. The Chinese too are not competing in this event.



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Carolina Marin thrashes PV Sindhu in Swiss Open final | Badminton News – Times of India

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Carolina Marin thrashed PV Sindhu 21-12, 21-5 in the final to win her first Swiss Open title in Basel on Sunday.
The Olympic champion toyed with the world champion at the BWF Super-300 tournament. Such was the dominance of the Spaniard that the Indian managed to win just five points in the second game. Of all the five finals on Sunday, this was the biggest margin of victory.
Sindhu’s poor form was exposed when she faced the first top-10 player of the tournament on Sunday. With no Japanese, Chinese and even Tai Tzu Ying in the tournament, Sindhu faced no real challenge till the final.
She was in the game only till 8-9 in the final. After that Marin treated Sindhu like a kid. The top seed started the match with a lot of pace, she controlled the rallies and reigned supreme at the net.
Sindhu, surprisingly, struggled to play from the back of the court as Marin made the Indian move all over the court.
From 9-8, Marin zoomed to 15-8 with a five-point burst. She attacked Sindhu with an array of smashes and her cross-court drives near the net puzzled the Indian.
Marin finished the second game in just 15 minutes. She started with a 5-0 lead and before Sindhu scored the first three points, Marin was leading 14-3.
There was no coming back after that and as the Indian looked helpless on the court, Marin closed up with another cross-court drop to clinch the title.
After winning the world championship in August 2019, Sindhu played 14 tournaments and reached only one final. She will compete in the All England Championships scheduled to be held from March 17 to 21.
Meanwhile, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark won the men’s singles title with a 21-16, 21-6 victory against Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the final.
Results (All finals)
Women’s singles: 1-Carolina Marin (ESP) bt 2-PV Sindhu 21-12, 21-5.
Men’s singles: 1-Viktor Axelsen (Den) bt 8-Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Tha) 21-16, 21-6.
Men’s doubles: 6-Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Den) bt Mark Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel (Ger) 21-16, 21-11.
Women’s doubles: Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan (Mas) bt 3-Gabriela Stoeva/Stefani Stoeva (Bul) 21-19, 21-12.
Mixed doubles: 6-Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue (Fra) bt Mathias Christiansen/Alexandra B0je (Den) 21-19, 21-19.

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Sindhu, Srikanth in Swiss Open semifinals | Badminton News – Times of India

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PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth sailed into the semifinals of the Swiss Open BWF Super-300 tournament in Basel. While Sindhu downed Busanan Ongamrungphan of Thailand 21-16, 23-21, Srikanth registered a straight-game victory against Kantaphon Wangcharoen of Thailand 21-19, 21-15.
In the semifinals, Srikanth will face top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. Axelsen had it easy against seventh seed Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia 21-17, 21-12. Axelsen defeated Srikanth five times in eight matches
Earlier on Friday, Sai Praneeth, Ajay Jayaram and the mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy- Ashwini Ponnappa were knocked out.
In the quarterfinals, fifth seed Sai lost to second seed Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia 14-21, 17-21, Jayaram stumbled against eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand 9-21, 6-21. Satwik-Ashwini worked hard before losing to fifth seeds Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing of Malaysia 17-21, 21-16, 18-21.
The Indian mixed pair ran out of gas in the third. From 11-11, the Malaysians widened the margin to 16-11. Though the Indians reduced the gap to 16-17, Kian-Pei scored three more points to move to the match point.
Sindhu did not look comfortable against Busanan as the Thai stretched the Indian in the second game.
In the semifinals on Saturday, the world champion will face fourth seed Mia Blichfeldt. The Dane stopped the brilliant run of Phittayaporn Chaiwan of Thailand 21-10, 21-7.
Though Sindhu enjoys a 3-1 win-loss record against world No.12 Mia, the Dane had shocked the Indian in the first round of the Thailand Open in January. In the other half of the draw, top seed Carolina Marin of Spain reached the last four. Marin downed Beiwen Zhang of USA 21-13, 21-13.
Indian results (QFs):
Men’s singles: 4-Kidambi Srikanth bt Kantaphon Wangcharoen (Tha) 21-19, 21-15; 2-Lee Zii Jia (Mas) bt 5-Sai Praneeth 21-14, 21-17; 8-Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Tha) bt Ajay Jayaram 21-9, 21-6.
Women’s singles: 2-PV Sindhu bt 5-Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Tha) 21-15, 23-21.
Mixed doubles: Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing (Mas) bt Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Ashwini Ponnappa 21-17, 16-21, 21-18.

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Swiss Open: Sindhu, Srikanth advance; Lakshya, Prannoy lose | Badminton News – Times of India

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Indian shuttlers had a good day at the Swiss Open BWF Super-300 tournament in Basel on Wednesday.
PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram, Sourabh Verma and the men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy won their first round matches. However, HS Prannoy lost 19-21, 21-9, 17-21 to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands. A little while later, Lakshya Sen lost to Victor Svendsen of Denmark 16-21, 21-12.
While Sindu defeated Neslihan Yigit of Turkey 21-16, 21-19, Srikanth recovered after losing the first game to beat his practice partner Sameer Verma 18-21, 21-18, 21-11. Srikanth will face Thomas Rouxel of France in the second round on Thursday. Second seed Sindhu will face world No.40 Iris Wang of USA in the second round.
Sourabh Verma had an easy 21-19, 21-18 victory against qualifier Christian Kirchmayr of Switzerland. He will face three-time world junior champion Kunlavut Vitidsarin of Thailand in the pre-quarterfinals.
Ajay Jayaram had it easy against Sitthikom Thammasin of Thailand. The Mumbai shuttler will square up against third seed Rasmus Gemke of Denmark.
Meanwhile, second seeds Satwik and Chirag suffered a minor scare against Grimley twins — Matthew and Christopher. The world No.10 Indians overcame a mid-match slump before prevailing over the world No.62 pair from Scotland 21-18, 19-21, 21-16.
The Indians dominated the Scots in the third. They secured an early lead of 6-2 and gave no chance to their opponents. In the second round they will play unseeded Indonesians Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan.
In the women’s doubles Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy survived some anxious moments towards the end of the second game before defeating Annabella Jaeger and Stine Kuspert of Germany 21-5, 21-19.
Indian results:
Men’s singles (Rd I): 4-Kidambi Srikanth bt Sameer Verma 18-21, 21-18, 21-11; Sourabh Verma bt Chirstian Kirchmayr (Sui) 21-19, 21-18; Mark Caljouw (Ned) bt HS Prannoy 21-19, 9-21, 21-17; Ajay Jayaram bt Sitthikom Thammasin (Tha) 21-12, 21-13; Lakshya Sen lost to Victor Svendsen (Den) 16-21, 12-21.
Women’s singles: PV Sindhu bt Neslihan Yigit (Tur) 21-16, 21-19.
Men’s doubles: 2-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty bt Christopher Grimley/Matthew Grimley (Sco) 21-18, 19-21, 21-16.
Women’s doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa/Sikki Reddy bt Annabella Jaeger/Stine Kuspert (Ger) 21-5, 21-19.

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